Pant Leg Inner Insert for Mechanical Tick Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing clothing solutions for pest protection, such as ticks, rely on chemical substances that can be harmful to the wearer, posing health risks.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating an inner insert in pant legs that prevents pest passage mechanically, with a lower end reaching the foot region and an upper end fixed or detachably connected to the pant leg, ensuring pests are trapped and cannot reach the skin, using elastically stretchable materials like polyamide and polyester, and optionally including odor-adsorbent layers like activated charcoal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If chemical substances are used for tick protection, then ticks are killed, but health risks to the wearer occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces chemical tick-killing substances with a purely mechanical barrier system. The inner insert creates a physical enclosure that traps ticks mechanically, using the pant leg opening as a trap entrance while the encircling connection at the upper end prevents escape, eliminating the need for toxic chemicals while maintaining protection effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The inner insert acts as an intermediary barrier between the wearer's skin and the external environment. It creates a trapped zone between the insert and the skin where ticks can enter through the pant leg opening but cannot reach the skin, serving as a mechanical mediator that protects without direct contact with harmful substances.
2Reliability
If an inner insert is added to pant legs, then pest protection is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The protective system is segmented into distinct functional parts: the inner insert that creates the barrier, the encircling connection that seals the trap, and the integration with the pant leg. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function while maintaining overall system simplicity and ease of manufacture.
Solution Approach 2:
The inner insert is implemented as a flexible, sock-like structure that can be easily integrated into the pant leg. The encircling connection uses flexible fastening elements that allow for easy attachment and detachment, reducing manufacturing complexity while ensuring effective pest protection through the mechanical barrier.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Provides effective protection against pests like ticks without health risks, allowing for safe use in outdoor and hunting activities, with the inner insert ensuring ticks are trapped and cannot bypass the pant leg connection, and odor-adsorbent materials reducing tick infestation.
Implementation Method 1
an inner insert (4), which prevents the passage of pests, in particular ticks, is provided in at least one pant leg (2, 3) as device for protection against pests
Implementation Method 2
optionally including odor-adsorbent layers like activated charcoal
Data Source
AI summary
The invention provides an item of clothing in the form of trousers (1) for use outdoors and/or in hunting, having two trouser legs (2, 3) and a device for protecting against pests. To provide effective protection against pests, the device an internal insert (4), preventing the passage of pests, in particular ticks, is provided in at least one trouser leg (2,3), the lower end (5) of which insert reaches as far as the foot area (6) of the user and the upper end (8) of which insert reaches as far as the foot area (6) of the user and the upper end (8) of which is permanently connected or can be detachably connected to the trouser leg (2,3) on the inside, wherein the connection at the upper end (8) is closed circumferentially to prevent passage of the pest through connection (9).